VB Forum / Win API / September 2004

Do you know ani api to know the size of the mouse cursor?
I am making a custom tooltip and I want the tooltip to be located at left
bottom of the cursor.
thanks,

when i am using postmessage api with WM_CHAR to send a character  some
application does not accept... why... please help....

I am writing some code to automatically connect to the internet.  I am usin
the InternetDial API, I would like to know if I could prompt the connection
but hide the window so that the user is not interupted from what they are
doing.

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Vlad

Is there any ways to enable Unicode Support on VB Controls, other than
Microsoft Forms 2.0? What I've learnt is that, VB Controls
automatically convert String from Unicode to ANSI and vice versa. Is it
possible to prevent that with API Calls? Please advise. Thanks.

Hi Mike,
A while back I downloaded from your site your Gradients Demo here:
http://www.mvps.org/EDais/Code/Libraries/APIGrad/index.html
With your help I modified it to be able to create fading stdPictures at

I was under the impression that forcing yourself to the foreground was not
possible with Windows2000+ unless your application has focus in the first
place. If the application doesn't have focus, Me.Show will simply flash the
Icon on the TaskBar.

I have used thread api in VB, it seems to run well.
But The debug operation will close VB6, when a breakpoint is set in the
thread function. The function just does some maths calculation.
How is thread debugged in VB6? Maybe change some project property?

I need to dynamically load a CommanButton and set it's style to Graphical.
Can it be done?
What do I need:
1) SendMessage

How do I create an accurate Print Preview in VB6? I couldnt
draw exactly like what's printed. It seems like i have to use the exact
configuration of the printer driver, but I got no idea where to start
with. And I'm printing Unicode with the TextOutW API function.

By using the MSComm control to communicate com1 with the XON/XOFF
handshaking,I run the below codes and try to retrieve the data with the
input property in the OnComm Event, but no event is triggered. Is there any
wrong in my codes?

Sir,
I am creating a software in my regional language to type my language
in all windows applications. For that i set a global keyboard hook. I
got the user keyboard input using this keyboard hook. I will convert

Hi and Good Night.
I have a problem to display correct TipText on Subclass Toolbar Notify.
My SubClass Action check correctly the notify message and identify
the right ToolBar_Button index, my problem is that the

hi all! some questions:
I have a sub that writes information on the screen, in the active document
window of AutoCAD, via textout. If I pan or zoom the drawing, I refresh te
window, erasing the writing.  I suppose that a professional app is able to

I need to find a way to COMPLETELY delete a file from disk so that not even
the "Undelete" programs will be able to restore it.
Can it be done?
Is there a Declare Sub WipeFile ... ?